refloat

The process of getting something to float again.

Noun

  1. The process of getting something to float again.
    • A small crowd on the docks watched the attempted refloat of the ship.

Origin

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English float English refloat From re- + float.

Forms

refloats

Verb

  1. To cause to float again.
    • Removing fuel from the sunken ship will make it easier to refloat it.
    • The Canadian Coast Guard says a stranded container barge has been refloated, after running aground off Quadra Island over the weekend. […] Divers have been working since the weekend to assess the damage and determine...
  2. To float again.
    • 2025, Chloe Hughes, Boat stranded on canal hole edge pulled to safety (BBC News) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c79x0vqvnq4o Overnight, water was pumped into dammed sections created by the Canal and River Trust on...

Forms

refloats refloating refloated